Definition of Genistas

1. genista [n] - See also: genista

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genistas

genioglossal muscle
genioglossi
genioglossus
genioglossus muscle
geniohyoid
geniohyoideus
genion
genioplasty
genip
genipa
genipap
genipap fruit
genipaps
genips
genista
genistas (current term)
genistein
genisteins
genistin

Literary usage of Genistas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"... schizanthus, begonias, gloxinias, hydrangeas, acacias, genistas, ericas, azaleas, poinsettias, gardenias, Easter lilies, calla lilies and oxalis. ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"genistas Natural Order LEGUMINOSA. Genus Genista, GENISTA (the classical Latin name used by Virgil). A genus of about seventy species of shrubs with simple ..."

3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"The calyx-lobes are longer and more slender in true genistas and the pods are shorter. While neither genus is fully hardy North, and while both contain a ..."

4. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1862)
"The fuchsias are bare of leaves and cut into shape, and stowed into a close compass ; the azaleas, genistas, etc., are arranged behind the heaths ; and the ..."

5. Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of by John Henry Blunt (1874)
"They offered no sacrifices : they ate no flesh. Is it not probable, then, that " genistas " is only another name l of this sect ; that the ..."

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